Summer


A working vacation (and feeding piglets)

A working vacation (and feeding piglets)

I wasn't expecting this trip out west to be vacation. When our friends in Montreal found out we were traveling for 6 weeks I was clear that this wasn't a vacation, it was a trip.

Paradise Valley ~ Big Sky Country

Paradise Valley ~ Big Sky Country

I needed this so badly and I had no idea how much I needed this, till I was right here

Summer Intentions

Summer Intentions

We arrived in Montana late Sunday night, after driving west for days on I-94. The air was redolent with pine, the stars bright in the wide open sky. The space felt warm, open, relaxed.

Summer Stories ~ Fashion and Beauty

Summer Stories ~ Fashion and Beauty

Last winter, I noticed that my spring and summer wardrobe was in dire need of an infusion of color and "wear outside the house" worthy threads. When we came to Montreal in April to find an apartment the girls and I hit up Value Village and I scored big time.

Summer Stories ~ City flowers

Summer Stories ~ City flowers

Montreal is a city of gardens.

Summer Stories ~ Around town

Summer Stories ~ Around town

Living in the city, walking and biking are a form of transportation. It's how you get places.

Summer Stories ~ Urban adventures

Summer Stories ~ Urban adventures

Adventures are not just about getting out of the city into the outdoors, but discovering the outdoors in our city, or simply discovering the city. Urban adventuring is finding the treasures, natural and human-made, in our environment.